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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
City Of Edinburgh
Town
Edinburgh
County
Lothian
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
87553

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Current location

5
St Cuthbert's Church
Lothian Road
Edinburgh
City Of Edinburgh
Lothian
EH1 2EP
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NT 24844 73612
Denomination: Church of Scotland

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Description
White marble tablet with lead lettering
Inscription
IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY/OF/ROBERT LOUIS IRVING ARNOTT/2ND LIEUT. Q.V.O. CORPS OF GUIDES/SON OF/CRIC-SURG LT-COLONEL JAMES ARNOTT,/OF WYSEBY, DUMFRIESSHIRE,/BORN IN EDINBURGH 10TH.MARCH 1899,/KILLED IN ACTION IN PALESTINE/IN THE MOMENT OF VICTORY/19TH SEPTEMBER 1928/"NOTHING IS HERE FOR TEARS,/NOTHING TO WAIL OR KNOCK THE BREAST,/NO WEAKNESS, NO CONTEMPT,/DISPRAISE OR BLAME,/NOTHING BUT WELL AND FAIR,/AND WHAT MAY QUIET US IN/A DEATH SO NOBLE."
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Arnott, Robert Louis Irving
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment, relationships, place of birth, date of death, manner of death, place of death, date of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - White
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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